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Health
Dominic Giannini and Andrew Brown

Medicare to undergo major funding overhaul

Health Minister Mark Butler says Medicare is in urgent need of reform. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Nurses, paramedics and allied health professionals will soon be included in the delivery of primary care as Medicare faces the biggest overhaul in its 40-year history.

Labor is preparing to open up Medicare to a wider range of medical professionals in a bid to save universal health care.

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